In any language, any one of us has certain words or phrases they like to say.

For me, in English, that includes “bedazzled” and “thingamagick” among others.

Howrver, is there some kind of overarching expression for these words? I can’t think of anything in English or my native German, and a quick Internet search didn’t find anything.

  • Deebster@lemmy.ml
    16·
    4 months ago

    I can’t find a suitable word in English, but I’m shocked and dismayed that German doesn’t have anything we could steal.

    • Björn Tantau@swg-empire.de
      18·
      4 months ago

      No problem. Just make one up!

      Sprechspaßwort = speak fun word

      Alternatively Sprachspaßwort, meaning language fun word.

      I think I like the latter.

      • 667@lemmy.radioEnglish
        4·
        4 months ago

        This is the real value of agglutinative languages. We sort of try it in English but it doesn’t always work. I don’t speak German, but I recognize the word roots.

      • dfyx@lemmy.helios42.de
        3·
        4 months ago

        Sprachspaßwort sounds like something straight out of a law or industry standard which I guess that makes it heterological.

    • janNatan@lemmy.ml
      17·
      4 months ago

      We could always make one up. Zungenfreude, tongue joy.

      Der Spruch „Vielseitig” hat mir immer Zungenfreude bereitet.

      Saying “versatile” always gave me tongue-joy.